Vincenzo Balzamo

Vincenzo Balzamo (3 April 1929-2 November 1992) was the treasurer of the Italian Socialist Party at the time of the Tangentopoli scandal.

Biography
Vincenzo Balzamo was born in Colli a Volturno, Molise, Italy in 1929. A member of the Italian Socialist Party since 1949, he became Mayor of Colli a Volturno in 1965, serving until 1973. In 1972, he was elected to the Chamber of Deputies to represent Brescia and Bergamo, and he served until his death in 1992. In 1985, under Bettino Craxi, he became the PSI's national administrative secretary and treasurer, and, during the Tangentopoli scandal of 1992, he was accused of receiving bribes for the PSI. He died in Milan from a myocardial infarction in 1992.